Hifawy Surname

1,227,038th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 190 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Jordan

Hifawy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Hifawy Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jordan1891:46,7854,852
Israel11:8,557,634182,558

Hifawy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hifawy Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Hifawy occurs in Jordan more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hifawy? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,227,038th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 38,355,505 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Hifawy reside; 100 percent reside in West Asia and 99 percent reside in Levant.

Hifawy is most commonly used in Jordan, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 46,785. In Jordan it is most frequent in: Irbid Governorate, where 75 percent reside, Amman Governorate, where 24 percent reside and Mafraq Governorate, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Jordan this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Israel, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hifawi83173/
Aifawy8315/
Hefawy831/
Haifawi77249/
Ifeawyi772/
Chifawa772/
Hiffawe771/
Heifawi771/
Ifawe735/
Ifawi734/
Jifawi676/
Hefawi671/
Etfawy671/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hifawy
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